Tweedledee Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Had a quick look at 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak in the 15x70's tonight. I updated comets in Stellarium for accurate positioning, and saw I could follow a line of stars a few degrees from Thuban. Stellarium has it at just brighter than 7th magnitude and other sources at nearly 9th magnitude. I think the fainter is more like it, in fact I could only just get it with averted vision, though I didn't have much dark adaptation. It was definitely a spread out round smudge so the surface brightness is going to be much less than the magnitude suggests, making it difficult in binoculars. It is about time a more spectacular comet came along. tuckstar, stash, philjay and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Well done Pete. No breaks in the clouds round here Tweedledee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Nice one just take longer looking dont blink though Tweedledee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithysteve Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 You need to start wearing your red goggles in the house for a bit before you pop out for a quick bin session ? Tweedledee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Nice one Pete, it didn't look that spectacular in the 8" dob either. Tweedledee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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